God has hidden every precious thing in such a way that it is a reward to the diligent, a prize to the earnest, but a disappointment to the slothful soul. All nature is arrayed against the lounger and the idler. The nut is hidden in its thorny case; the pearl is buried beneath the ocean waves; the gold is imprisoned in the rocky bosom of the mountains; the gem is found only after you crush the rock which encloses it; the very soil gives its harvest as a reward to the laboring farmer. So truth and God must be earnestly sought.

A.B. Simpson

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	California	Digest, Fatfree	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Chopped onion
1	tb	Minced garlic
1 1/2	ts	Minced fresh thyme (or 1/2
	ts	Dried thyme)
1 1/2	ts	Minced fresh oregano (or 1/2
	ts	Dried oregano)
8	c	Coarsely chopped escarole
		Leaves
2 1/2	c	Cooked chickpeas (or 1 1/4
		Dried chickpeas, soaked
1/4	c	Uncooked brown rice
1	c	Frozen or canned corn
		Kernels
2	tb	Tomato paste
2		Tabelspoons lemon juice
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Tobasco sauce
		Black pepper
		Overnight in refrigerator)

INSTRUCTIONS

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In a 6 to 8 quart pot heat 1/2 cup water till simmering, add onion, garlic,
thyme and oregano and cook until onion is wilted.  Add escarole, chickpeas,
rice and 10 cups of water (I used half veggie stock and half water), cover
and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.  Stir in corn,
tomato paste and lemon juice and return to a boil.  Reduce heat, cover and
simmer 30 minutes.  Add salt and tobasco sauce and black pepper to taste.
Makes 8 servings.
adapted from _The Wellness Lowfat Cookbook_ by the Editors of the Wellness
Cooking School at the University of California at Berkeley:
From: Thomas P Collins <tcollins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>. Fatfree Digest
[Volume 8 Issue 57] June 18, 1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34,
TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

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